Results 10,001-10,020 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Martin should withdraw that.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should withdraw that.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: It was a disgraceful comment.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I am pleased to present this Bill to the Seanad. This is a short technical Bill which provides for the inclusion in the Defence Act 1954 of an appropriate Naval Service rank for the position of Chief of Staff for the Defence Forces. I wish to thank Members of the House for facilitating discussion of all Stages of this Bill today. Traditionally, the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces has...
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I thank all Members for their contributions and constructive comments during this very short debate. As I stated in my opening remarks, this is a very short technical Bill to allow Rear Admiral Mark Mellett to become Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces. Senator Ó Clochartaigh mentioned the fact that personnel from the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service are represented in the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (14 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The next census of population will take place on 24th April next year. This is a major undertaking for the Central Statistics Office and requires detailed forward planning in order for census enumerators to call at every home in Ireland to deliver in the region of 1.8 million census forms. The CSO works hard to ensure that the information collected and provided from the census remains...
- Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should read the report and talk to us then.
- Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I will address the points that were raised. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for Deputy Mathews's few words, so I will not be able to address them. I would have to prepare myself to respond to the way Deputy Mathews spoke. The Minister's Department owns, maintains and directly manages six fishery harbour centres. The network of harbours, located at Killybegs, Ros an Mhil , An...
- Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, who is opening the second annual Harnessing our Ocean Wealth Conference in Ringaskiddy, County Cork, as Deputy Doyle explained. The conference and the SeaFest Maritime Festival, which has been organised to coincide with it, mark the progress Ireland has made in developing our blue economy under the stewardship of this...
- Criminal Law (Child Grooming) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I thank all the contributors to the debate. On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, I express my gratitude specifically to Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy for raising this important issue. As I said earlier, this Bill reflects the policy that the Department of Justice and Equality has been developing, which will form the basis of a number of provisions in the...
- Criminal Law (Child Grooming) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, who regrets that she is unable to attend today, I thank Deputy Corcoran Kennedy for bringing forward this Bill and raising this very important issue. Modern information and communications technology, in particular the Internet, offers all of us, including children, great opportunities. However, there are also risks and children can be...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: You turned your back on them for years.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, this is scandalous.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (9 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following business to be transacted after Question Time today shall be No. 37, Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); No. 1, Statute Law Revision Bill 2015 - Amendments from the Seanad; and No. 39, Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Mathews was over there last week.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Mathews was over there last week.
- Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) of the Order of Reference of Select Committees.
- Membership of Committees: Motion (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I move:That Deputy Michael McNamara be discharged from the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and that Deputy Arthur Spring be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy Arthur Spring be appointed to the Joint sub-Committee on Fisheries. That Deputy Michael McNamara be discharged from the Select Committee on Health and Children and that Deputy Joe Costello be...
- Membership of Committees: Motion (7 Jul 2015)
Paul Kehoe: It is related to the internal discipline of a party.